Letter to the Chairman and Members of the National Commission on Social Security Reform

February 27, 1982
Dear Chairman Greenspan and Commission Members:

As you convene for the first time today, the Nation will be watching with great interest the work
and progress of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. As I wrote to you at the
time you agreed to serve, I can think of no more important domestic problem requiring resolution
than restoring the integrity of Social Security and to do so without penalty to those dependent on
the programs.

Every American, of every age, has an important stake in the success of your work. Each of you
comes to this Commission from a position in government or the private sector through which you
can make possible the successful implementation of a truly bipartisan solution to this great
national problem.

This Commission is the product of the leadership of both parties of both houses of the Congress
as much as it is mine. Therefore, on behalf of all Americans I wish you success as you begin your
deliberations.

Sincerely,

Ronald Reagan

[Chairman Alan Greenspan and Members of the National Commission on Social Security
Reform]